... [COPYJUGHT. ] CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA. STODDART'S XI. V. NEW SOUTH WALES PINE BATTING BY THE COLONIAL8. (REUTER'e SPECIAL TO JOUcNAL. ) SYnXsa, Saturday. The return match between Mr Stoddart's team and a representative eleven of New South Wales commenced at the Association Ground this morning. The Australians won the toss, and Donnan anrd Iredale wvent firsb to the wickets. A bad start was made, ...

... RAOINQ. MANCOESTER M1!lE'IlNG. 2-8TOK]PORT SiA21Ci HANDICAP. Mr G. W. Bland's Eplcure ?? Harrison 1 Lord D unraveii' Sinypliua ?? ?? Cannon 2 Kr Ui. 51 lecesa's bull of FMaiion ?? iane . 3 Spicure wan disqualified for eroealnag aid the rce rvwardod i-e i8iayples. Also sn-Arlene, Bank Hollday 8ire, sea Diver, Highiand Hors, Manes, Auld Lang 6yno, ilMaureen. lcttilng .7itC 1 agrinst H~iglnul ...

... ORION v. VICTORIA UNITED. (Northern League.) Cold, showery weather favoured the Northern Un= iteda C-attofield. Since they )eg I met gn the Abesrdenj aut-utrn holiday botis teamss have ac-, ?? thesssgelves; creditably in several miatcells with the Northern League teams, but, on the whole, the record of the Orion dee distinctly superior. N1'4ftthsless a good crowd lined the ropes in expectation ...

... RACING. WYE MIEMrNG. X F. SELLING HVILDLE RACE9. Mr Farney olekeonna ?? Piseer ?? J. Jones .. Mr J. S. Coltto n PTus ra ig-an .1 Tton 2 Mr B lrntsvenor'a Rat~hetine . ?? D Morris, 5 Also rn-LaxArnjo1, Bettniag-d ta 4 rn Turks'h Flo Ior 4 to 1 ega:unt RahthlinP, 8 to I Lazori]l), MJ to 1 Wtatoisa. ino by a le.ngth; feir ?? bheare-n aer-nei and third. I i-t.'TEBS STEEPLECHASE Mr V. A. Pnriell's ...

... OXFORD UMNVERS1 Y V. WST OF SC(fT'LAND. The Oxford I-rvertv ieamn conc-inded their d tour in Scotland yeaserrday at Paztick. vwhen rt4ev encountetred the premier tieamn of the we-t. The er vather was du)l ard damp, bit there wat a large c- eompany. The Seots were p werfully repre y s nted, and after a 'ame in wrhich the, itd all the best of it, they inflicted a rather severe-,e verse on theo ...

... I ..cRI m . LORD H'AWKE'S TEAM IN SOUTH AFRICA. (PaEns AssocLLTiox SPECIAL TO JOURNAL.) Jr;hannedburg, Monday. Thorg was a fair aititendance here this mnorning ,when the maehth hobween. Lord Hwwkos;s team and* a representative eleven of Vhe Trarsvaal was ra- xumed in glorious wevether. The ground and Titch were in perfect order, ocnd 'Mitohelil ard 'fyldesley, who had raised the score to 83 ...

... SOARBOROUIG1 FES8TIVAL. GENTLEMUEN v. PLAYEBR. Just under two hours' cricket at Scarborough yesterday sufficied to conclude the above inatch. in favour of the Gentlomeni. The professionals had been left in an alinost hlpoless position over- night, and notwithstanding some excellent bat- ting by Baker and Rhodes, the Players could only set their opponents 88 runs to get to will. Palairet and ...

... ORICKEr N AUSTRALA. I.. I (R3UTER'S SPEOAL To JOUBN -1 . Sydney, Monday. The Rest of Australia, who on Saturday had scored 138 for three wickets, failed badly on the resumption of play to-day. George Giffen, who played a steady and patient innings of 67, was the only batsman to offer any serious resistence to the bowling, and the innings closed for 248. Jones took three wickets for 62 runs, ...

... ABERDEEVFHIRE CLUB. PAnT CHANoNRY ?? MciEMBERS V. REST OF CLVE. In the preliminary notice of this match, it was men- tioned that both teams, were pretty evenly balanced, anld that, in all probability, a very dose game might be expected. It will be Steen from the scores, as detailed below, that this surmise was fully borne out, and that after a most exciting finish, with three wickets to fall ...

... . - - , th1e SILVEDANSK v. TuasrLrs (BANCHORr).-The above fl teams played a match on Saturdaly afternoon. Silver- tl ET bank batted drst, and ran up a seore of 44. The Thiistle h then sen in, and were easily-disposed of for 14 runs; P tn their second innings they made 19 runs for five f( lay, .wiclets to fall, when time was called, The match, thus h at ended in faweur of the Silverbauk. l on- ...

... N&WBURGH GAIIES. re Under the favourable auspices of delightruil wveatthep ~'and a large attendance of spectators, these anneal a kthletis -james took Place yeisterday afternoon on the 's Newburgh Links, thep uon of~ which was kindly greeted for the occasion by M1r thiny of Udny. Thle arsiange of monts wore all that could be wished, and, under tie ofcareful ruperantendence of Mr Gi. Gr. Cre-le ...

... CRICKIET.. - ABERDBEINSHIRE CLU8. , AST OF GRA3(51 SC5SOL. BEST Or etra, This annual rembgrsnatch was played on av e dDT aftera'oo'n at RolbSumn Ground. The fineness of a a ,Ay;a'nte'expected closeness of the game, dr-ew o a number of spectators to the ground. Some gO batting was shpvn on .bgth 4es bpt t4 fielng S a ?? 4o the nnal' Abcideenshnrc forn,-sevrajt% Y cchesbeingmised.. ...